Harness-support.



,YW. W. DIELEMAN.

` HARNESS SUPPORT.

Animo-M1011 FILED 00T. ze, 190e.

Patented Ja,11.11,'1910.4

HARNESS-SUPPORT.

Application filed October 2S, 1908.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM WV. DIELE- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prairie View, in the county of Phillips and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Harness-Support, of which the following` is a specification.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a harness support which will overcome the disadvantages of th supports now employed. As a matter of act, it is usually customary to support the harness in a stable, from a piece of board nailed to the wall of the stable and projecting out therefrom. Such a support however is undesirable inasmuch as a person is liable to come in Contact therewith unexpectedly.

One objectof my invention is to provide a harness support which will be adapted for use under any and all conditions and which may be so arranged as to automatically fold or collapse when the harness is removed therefrom.

Another feature of the invention resides in so constructing the support that it may be arranged so as to either have a tendency to fold as above stated, or so that it will automatically lock in folded or unfolded position.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the device embodying my invention showing the same as arranged to have a normal tendency to fold, the device being shown in full lines in nor# mal or folded position, and in dotted lines in position for use. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing the device as arranged to automatically lock in folded or unfolded position, the same being shown in full lines in position for use, and in dotted lines in folded position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one end of one of the jointed sections of the device. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. et of the other end of the said section of the supporting element.

As illustrated in the drawings, the device is comprised, in part, of an attaching plate 5 which may be of any shape or size and which is intended to serve as a means whereby the device may be secured upon the wall of a stable or barn.

The device further includes an arm 6 which is pivoted at its lower end as at 7 to an ear 8 formed upon the attaching plate 5 adjacent the lower end thereof. The upper Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 1f, 1910.

serial no. 459,931.

end of this arm 6 is curved forwardly, or in other words, in a direction from the plate 5 as indicated by the numeral 9 so as to permit the harness to be readily drawn thereover, as will be presently fully described.

The supporting element proper of the device is comprised of a pair of sections, one indicated by the numeral 10 and the other by the numeral 11. The section 10 is preferably of greater length than the section 11 and the two sections are connected end to end in the manner of a toggle joint as indicated by t-he numeral 12, the oint being arranged to break in an upward'direction as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 in the drawings, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The section 11 is pivoted at its other end to the arm 6 adjacent the curved upper end 9 thereof as indicated by the numeral 13 and section 10 is pivoted at its other end to an ear 14 formed upon the attaching plate 5 adjacent the upper end thereof and in a vertical plane with the ear 8 upon the said attaching plate. It will be seen from an inspection of the drawings, that the jointed ends of the sections 10 and 11 are formed with shoulders which mutually abut when the sections are in unfolded position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, these shoulders limiting the unfolding movement of the sections with respect one to the other so that when unfolded to the fullest extent, they will extend in alinement. It will further be understood that the sections are additionally braced when extended or unfolded by means of the arm 6 and when the sections are folded through the breaking of the toggle joint by which they are connected, the arm 6 will swing or fold with the sections in the direction of the plate 5.

It is intended that harness to be supported shall be looped and supported by engaging its loop with the supporting element comprised of the sections 10 and 11, the sections, at the time of such engagement, being in extended or unfolded position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and in order that the harness may not be injured by becoming caught in the joint of the two sections, and that its loop may not have too acute a bend, the sect-ion 10 is formed throughout its length, along its upper edge, with a transversely convex flange 15 which, at the jointed end of the section has formed integral therewith a tongue 16 which overlies or overlaps the corresponding or adjacent end of the section 11 and prevents engagement of the harness with the joint between the said sections.

As heretofore stated I have provided, in connection with the supporting means above described, means which may be arranged to exert a normal tendency upon the supporting element, comprised of the sections 10 and 11, to fold, or so arranged as to automatically lock the sections in both folded and unfolded positions and this means will now be described. Formed upon one side of the member 10 at its end which is pivoted to the e'ar 141 upon the plate 5, is a stud 17 and a stud 18, the former being of greater length than the latter and being so located upon the said section as to lie in a vertical plane forwardly of the pivot of the section when the sections 10 and 11 are in unfolded position. The stud 18, however, when the sections are in unfolded position lies in a vertical plane rearwardly of the said pivot for the section 10. A spring 19 is attached at its lower end as at 20 to the base plate 5 and at its upper end is provided with a hook 21 which is engageable either with the stud 17 or the stud 18. lVhen the upper end of the spring 19 is engaged with the stud 17, the line of stress or tension exerted upon the member 10 will extend forwardly of the pivot for the said member, and when the toggle joint 12 is manually broken and the members partly folded, swinging of the member 10 around its pivot will bring the stud 17 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thereby locating the line of tension rearwardly of the pivot for the section 10 and holding the sections in folded position. On the other hand, when the upper end of the spring 19 is connected with the stud 18, the line of stress is at all times rearwardly of the pivot for the section 10 so that the sections 10 and 11 have a normal tendency to fold, this tendency being arrested, when the members are in unfolded position, by the weight of the harness supported thereupon.

From the foregoing description of my invention, it will be seen that I have provided a harness hook which may be either arranged to automatically fold or collapse upon removal of harness therefrom, or to antoinatically lock in folded or extended position, and that by means of this arrangement, the support will not project from the wall upon which it is secured so as to render it likely to cause injury to a person passing the same.

lhat is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a foldable support, and a spring, the support being provided with studs for the connection of the spring therewith at either one of two points, the spring tending, when connected with one stud, to fold the support and, when connected with the other stud, to hold the support in folded or unfolded position.

2. In a device of the class described, a pivoted support, and yieldable means, the support being provided with studs for the connection of suoli means therewith at either one of two points, the means tending, when connected with one stud, to swing the snpport to one limit of its movement upon its pivot, and, when connected with the other stud, to hold the support at either limit of its swinging movement.

3. In a device of the class described, a support comprised of mutually foldable sections, and a yieldable means, one of the sections being provided with studs for the connection of such means therewith at either one of two points, the means, tending, when connected with one stud, to fold the sections, and when connected with the other stud to hold the sections in folded or unfolded position.

et. In a device of the class described, a support, comprised of mutually foldahle sections, and a spring, one of the sections being provided with studs for the connection of the spring therewith at either one of two points, the spring tending, when connected with one stud, to fold the sections, and, when connected with the other stud, to hold the sections in folded or unfolded position.,y 5. In a device of the class described, a'.

support comprised of mutually foldable seetioiis, a brace for supporting the sections in unfolded position, and means having variable connection with one of the sections tending, when in one position, to fold the said sections of the support, and, when in the other position, to hold the sections in folded or unfolded position'.

G. In a device of the class described, a support comprised of a pair of sectionsl having toggle joint connection, a brace for slipporting the sections when in unfolded position, one of the said sections being formed adjacent its pivot with a pair of studs, and a spring' connected at one end with the studs interchangeably, the said spring, when connected with one stud, tending to break the said joint, and when connected with the other stud, serving to hold the sections in folded or unfolded position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. DIELEMAN.

Vit-nesses J. S. GARBnRsoN, E. A. SPRAGUE. 

